Spouses' personalities and marital satisfaction in Chinese families.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Considering the traditional Confucian values prevalent in Chinese society, we study the effects of the spouses' personalities and household sociodemographic circumstances on the marital satisfaction of marriage partners.

Methods

We evaluate the factors that contribute to marital satisfaction, using the 2018 wave of the Chinese Family Panel Survey, including 6,603 households. We use information on both spouses' Big-Five personality traits, and marital satisfaction. In addition, the effects of the household's sociodemographic factors on the spouses' marital satisfaction are estimated. We employ the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to estimate the effects, using simultaneous equation modeling.

Results

We find significant actor effects of personality, i.e.

SUBMITTER: Jia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11835996 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature